Career Path for Ukrainians

Arcada is on a mission to provide support to Ukrainians who came to Finland escaping the war in Ukraine.

Background

More than 60 thousand Ukrainian asylum seekers arrived in Finland after the beginning of the full-scale war in February 2022.

Today, a lot of organisations are offering support to the newcomers, with the special focus on professional integration that is crucial for people who are trying to restart their lives in a new country. This is also important for the Finnish economy as a whole.

The Career Path for Ukrainians project

A group of partners, led by Arcada University, joined forces to contribute to this mission, launching the Career Path for Ukrainians project. The project is a collaboration between Arcada, Borgå Folkakademi, Prakticum and Varuboden-Osla, funded by the The Service Center for Continuous Learning and Employment (SECLE), with the aim of improving employment opportunities for Ukrainians in Finland.

The role of Arcada in this project is to provide services of career counselling in the Ukrainian language, open to any Ukrainian registered as an asylum seeker in Finland.

Additionally, any Ukrainian or Ukrainian-speaking person living in Finland is warmly welcomed to book a meeting with our coach, any time during 2024.

Book your meeting for career counselling here .

The counselling in a nutshell

During the counseling, clients will get to:

  • design their career strategy
  • understand their skills better and learn which job can they apply for based on their skills and knowledge
  • improve their skills of self-presentation
  • create/improve their CV, LinkedIn, and learn how to write good cover letters
  • learn where to find job in Finland
  • learn how to communicate with their potential employer and how to make them interested
  • get to practice interviews
  • learn useful tips and tricks of job-seeking in Finland
  • learn the peculiarities of the recruitment system in Finland
  • learn the peculiarities of the working life in Finland
  • learn where to study or gain additional knowledge in Finland

A series of group trainings and workshops for Ukrainian job-seekers will be also offered apart from the individual meetings. Invitations to these trainings will be sent to people who already had at least one individual consultation.